Urban Soldier Young Master

Chapter 901 - 900: I'll Restock for You

After deliberating for a while, Su Wei chose a relatively neutral approach, passing the ball back to Chu Ge's feet, "Brother Chu, personally speaking, I am quite saddened by Comrade Guo Qiang's actions, but... you said you understand, what do you mean?"Chu Ge chuckled, "I mean, it's not easy for anyone, is it necessary to deal with it too seriously?"

In Chu Ge's view, the initial phrase "deal with seriously" mentioned by Su Wei was actually quite vague and didn't really indicate anything.

A verbal warning can be serious handling, docking wages and bonuses can be serious handling, disciplinary action can also be serious handling; who knows what Su Wei's "serious handling" actually meant?

That's why Chu Ge added another sentence, both to probe Su Wei and Guo Qiang's relationship and to hope that Su Wei could come up with a specific plan, but in the end, Su Wei passed the initiative back to him.

Chu Ge had already figured out that perhaps Guo Qiang was a nobody under Su Wei's command, but Su Wei still couldn't bear to trouble Guo Qiang too much. He first intended to kick the ball back, slightly hesitated, and decided that would be enough.

Su Wei was in a dilemma, Chu Ge smiled and said, "Director Su, how about this, you call Guo Qiang over, I want to make some deals with him."

Since Chu Ge had already said so, Su Wei couldn't reject Chu Ge's face, although he felt a bit helpless inside, unsure of what Chu Ge would do. Still, he contacted Guo Qiang and asked him to come over.

Guo Qiang arrived shortly, and as soon as he entered, he saw Chu Ge calmly sitting on the sofa, though he just thought this person looked familiar and didn't pay much attention. The only thing strange was why Director Su would call him when meeting guests?

Standing upright opposite Su Wei, Guo Qiang asked, "Director, you wanted to see me?"

Su Wei was about to say something, but Chu Ge spoke first, "It's not him who wants you; it's me."

Guo Qiang was taken aback; he first looked at Su Wei, who responded with a slight bitter smile, then turned his odd gaze to Chu Ge, thinking that not only did this person look familiar, but the voice also sounded somewhat familiar?

Under Guo Qiang's puzzled gaze, Chu Ge leisurely took a sip of tea, gently putting the teacup down, teasingly raising the corner of his mouth.

"What? Don't recognize me anymore?"

Guo Qiang increasingly felt the person in front of him was familiar, yet couldn't recall exactly where they had met.

After all, he dealt with many prisoners daily, and the day before when he saw Chu Ge was through the cell's iron door with very dim light, he didn't see Chu Ge's face clearly at all.

The more he couldn't recall, but since the person asked, and Su Wei said nothing, the person apparently carried some weight; Guo Qiang did not dare to be careless and tried, "Sorry, I can't really remember."

Chu Ge grinned, "You really have a forgetful memory, huh? Last night, did you have me call you Brother Guo or Brother Qiang?"

Guo Qiang was again stunned, then he saw Chu Ge pulling a carton of Hongtashan cigarettes out of a nearby plastic bag.

Upon seeing this, Guo Qiang's pupils sharply contracted, finally realizing who this person might be before him, holding on to a twenty percent uncertainty, or perhaps hoping.

"You... you are..."

"Five yuan per stick, right?" Chu Ge tore open the cigarette carton packaging and pulled out a pack.

Guo Qiang's face instantly turned green, the trace of hope vanished in an instant, his head buzzing, standing dumbfounded without a word.

"Can't buy ten sticks for fifty yuan? Is it sold by the pack?"

Chu Ge tore the string on the Hongtashan pack, peeled off one side's foil, and on the other side, tapped it with two fingers, and a cigarette jumped out.

Chu Ge crossed his legs, clamping the cigarette between the index and middle fingers of his right hand; without seemingly any movement from his right hand, the cigarette jigged happily like a lively little fish between his fingers.

Chu Ge scratched his head with his left hand, "Brother Qiang, if I'm not wrong, this is what you said last night, right?"

Looking at the lively Hongtashan, Guo Qiang felt as if he were plunging into an icy abyss. His face turned ashen, muscles stiffened, and breathing became difficult.

In front of their Director, this man said these words, and their Director remained silent throughout, which meant?

It obviously meant not only was this person a distinguished guest of their Director, but even their Director feared him!

Damn! What the hell is going on here! How could someone so formidable have ended up in the lockup yesterday?

Chu Ge fiddled with the Hongtashan with his right hand for a while, gently placed it on the coffee table, then unhurriedly took another sip of tea, body leaning forward holding the teacup, blowing towards the cup, and glanced sideways at Guo Qiang.

"Now, remember who I am?"

Although Chu Ge was smiling cheerfully and speaking very amiably, Guo Qiang still shuddered, his face twitching violently, and he nodded stiffly.

"Just now, I explained the situation to Director Su, and he was very angry. By the way, Brother Qiang, do you think your actions constitute abuse of authority? According to the relevant regulations, how should it be handled?"

"I... should, should..."

Guo Qiang barely squeezed out a few words before he couldn't go on. Chu Ge chuckled and waved his hand, "Alright, no need to continue. It seems like Brother Qiang appears to have realized his misconduct?"

Guo Qiang hurriedly nodded.

"Haha, a good comrade is one who can correct their mistakes. In life, who hasn't made mistakes? Moreover, in a certain sense, this might not even be a mistake; maybe it should be considered as providing humanitarian convenience and care for the prisoners detained here?"

Su Wei's eye subtly twitched, thinking that this guy's mouth was really something, actually bringing up humanitarian care?

Guo Qiang didn't dare make a sound. He swallowed hard, looking at Chu Ge expectantly and waiting for what he'd say next.

He couldn't believe that Chu Ge said so much just to let him off the hook. He just hoped that Chu Ge wouldn't make things too difficult for him—that would be a relief.

Chu Ge flashed a bright smile, opened the big plastic bag beside him, and took out the cigarette packs one by one, stacking them neatly on the coffee table.

"Here, there are a total of ten packs of cigarettes. Just consider this as my supply to you. After all, you also need to restock, right?"

Guo Qiang was stunned for a moment. What did this mean? Yesterday he sold this guy high-priced cigarettes, would this guy really be that kind-hearted? No! Could it be that he...

Guo Qiang's suspicion was soon confirmed when Chu Ge lightly tapped his fingers on a stack of cigarettes, with a smile as warm as the spring breeze, and began speaking unhurriedly.

"You sold me cigarettes at five yuan each, so my supply price to you must be cheaper, let's say four yuan each. With twenty cigarettes per pack, that's eighty yuan per pack, ten packs per box, that's eight hundred yuan, and a hundred packs in ten boxes, that's eight thousand yuan. So, what do you think, are you satisfied with this price?"

Su Wei wiped his sweat; Chu Ge's move was indeed ruthless, a classic case of using one's own methods against them, and returning it a hundred times! Guo Qiang sold Chu Ge one pack, and now Chu Ge was going to sell Guo Qiang a hundred packs!

Guo Qiang's mouth twitched violently; he first sneaked a glance at Su Wei, seeing that Su Wei had no intention of speaking up for him, he knew that he couldn't count on Su Wei to cover for him today; this loss he has to eat!

With a silent sigh, Guo Qiang gave Chu Ge a bitter nod, "Sat... satisfied."

He actually wanted to say he was not satisfied, but could he dare to say it? Fortunately, the price of eight thousand for cigarettes wasn't too difficult to accept. With his regular salary plus some gray income, eight thousand yuan was less than two months' income. Plus, he could slowly sell these cigarettes over time until they were all gone; it's just hard to say how long that would take.

After all, selling things to prisoners had to be done discreetly, and he could only sell very small, easily concealable items. Sometimes days would go by without a chance to sell.

Moreover, since that guy on the sofa did this right in front of Su Wei, he probably wouldn't be able to pull any of these little tricks for a long time.

Chu Ge grinned, "Then let's make the exchange: money for goods, shall we?"

Guo Qiang looked at Chu Ge with a troubled expression, "Well, I don't have that much cash on me right now. Can I write you an IOU or transfer the money to you?"

Chu Ge laughed heartily, but then abruptly stopped, and firmly said, "No, if you don't have the money, go home and get it. I'll wait for you here."

Guo Qiang cursed Chu Ge's ancestors in his heart but had no choice but to turn his gaze to Su Wei, "Director, may I take some time off?"

Su Wei let out a quiet, wry smile and waved his hand, "Go on, and come back quickly."

"Yes..."

Guo Qiang left the room, his head hung low, leaving only Chu Ge and Su Wei in the room.

"Brother Chu, I… sigh, I won't say anything for Guo Qiang. He's brought this upon himself, and hopefully from now on, he'll remember this lesson."

"The real lesson for him is yet to come," Chu Ge thought silently to himself, outwardly smiling, "Forget about Guo Qiang for now. How's Li Zheming?"

"He was in solitary confinement last night and now has a bit of a fever, so we didn't let him work today."

"I see..." Chu Ge pondered for a moment, "Director Su, to be honest, yesterday I was just one step away from getting the information I wanted, but because of Director Yu's sudden arrival, it ended up being a failure."

Hearing Chu Ge say this, Su Wei's face showed a few signs of distress, and he became increasingly conflicted inside.

Even though he is the director here, such a large detention center doesn't just have him alone; such a thing carries a significant risk even once. Could it be that Chu Ge wants to interrogate Li Zheming alone again today?